David Suzuki

David T. Suzuki PhD, "co-founder of the David Suzuki Foundation, is an award-winning scientist, environmentalist and broadcaster.

"David has received consistently high acclaim for his 30 years of award-winning work in broadcasting, explaining the complexities of science in a compelling, easily understood way. He is well known to millions as the host of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation's popular science television series, The Nature of Things...

"An internationally respected geneticist, David was a full Professor at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver from 1969 until his retirement in 2001. He is professor emeritus with UBC's Sustainable Development Research Institute. From 1969 to 1972 he was the recipient of the prestigious E.W.R. Steacie Memorial Fellowship Award for the "Outstanding Canadian Research Scientist Under the Age of 35".

"He has received numerous awards including the Roger Tory Peterson Award from Harvard University. He is a Companion of the Order of Canada, and a member of the Order of British Columbia. He has received 20 honorary doctorates - 13 from Canada, four from the United States and three from Australia. First Nations people have honoured him with six names, formal adoption by two tribes, and made him an honorary member of the Dehcho First Nations." CV


 * Advisory Board, Center for a New American Dream
 * Advisory Board, International Society for Ecology and Culture
 * International Advisory Board, Earth Restoration Corps
 * Science and Policy Advisory Council, Global Footprint Network
 * Honorary Board, Green Cross International
 * Winner of the 1999 Global Green Environmental Leadership Award
 * Advisory Committee (Former Member), Pew Fellows Program
 * Winner of the 2004 Lindbergh Award

SourceWatch resources

 * David Suzuki Foundation

Articles

 * Tim Ball, "Emotional bully intolerant of anyone: The Sad Legacy Of David Suzuki," Canada Free Press, February 11, 2008.